Hard to find counterexample for $\partial (\partial A) = \partial A$

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In an exercise I've proven that $\partial(\partial A) \subset \partial A$, for any $A\subset X$, where $X$ is a topological space and $\partial$ in this case stands for the boundary. Apparently, in general the equality does not hold, but I'm stumped when it comes to thinking of a counterexample. My problem is that for all of the spaces and sets I think of, the boundary always ends up being closed and with empty interior, so when taking the boundary a second time, I end up with the same.

Could someone come up with such an example please? Thank you.

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Hint. Consider $(0,1)\cap\mathbb{Q}$ in $\Bbb{R}$ with usual topology.